Safaricom’s Total revenue increased 13 per cent to Sh163.4 billion, with the mobile giant’s customer base growing eight per cent to 23.3 million.

Speaking to a press conference Chairman Nicholas Ng’ang’a said that, “Mobile data revenue grew at an impressive 59 per cent, driven by an increased uptake of affordable data bundles and a 21 per cent growth in 30-day active data customers.”